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During 2019, John was the chief executive officer and a share- holder of Maze, Inc. He owned 60% of the outstanding stock of Maze. In 2016, John and Maze, as co-borrowers, obtained a $100,000 loan from United National Bank. This loan was secured by John’s personal residence. Although Maze was listed as a co-borrower, John repaid the loan in full in 2019. On Maze’s Form 1120 tax returns, no loans from shareholders were reported. Discuss whether John is entitled to a
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Individual Income Taxes
- Troy, a cash basis taxpayer, is employed by Eagle Corporation, also a cash basis taxpayer. Tray is a full-time employee of the corporation and receives a salary of 60,000 per year. He also receives a bonus equal to 10% of all collections from diems he serviced during the year. Determine the tax consequences of the following events to the corporation and to Troy: a. On December 31, 2019, Troy was visiting a customer. The customer gave Troy a 10,000 check payable to the corporation for appraisal services Troy performed during 2019. Troy did not deliver the check to the corporation until January 2020. b. The facts are the same as in part (a), except that the corporation is an accrual basis taxpayer and Troy deposited the check on December 31, but the bank did not add the deposit to the corporations account until January 2020. c. The facts are the same as in part (a), except that the customer told Troy to hold the check until January 2020 when the customer could make a bank deposit that would cover the check.arrow_forwardSoong, single and age 32, had the following items for the tax year 2019: Salary of 30,000. Interest income from U.S. government bonds of 2,000. Dividends from a foreign corporation of 500. Sale of small business 1244 stock on October 20, 2019, for 20,000. The stock had been acquired two years earlier for 65,000. Business bad debt of 4,000. Nonbusiness bad debt of 5,000. Sale of small business 1244 stock on November 12, 2019, for 4,000. The stock had been acquired on June 5, 2019, for 800. Sale of preferred stock on December 4, 2019, for 40,000. The stock was acquired four years ago for 18,000. Total itemized deductions of 25,000 (no casualty or theft). a. Determine Soong's NOL for 2019- b. Assuming that Soong had taxable income for each of the last five years, deter mine to which years the 2019 NOL should be applied.arrow_forward
- Individual Income TaxesAccountingISBN:9780357109731Author:HoffmanPublisher:CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT